The powers-that-be in my city don't want any talk of light rail or trolleys. They prefer to develop a "bus rapid transit system" (BRT) instead. In order to reduce the talk of redeveloping the light rail system they recently paved over the last visible rail line in town (along University). It's quite sad. There is a lot of resistance to BRT, but probably a majority who would support a trolley system. In the end, we will likely get neither.